Dysregulated at Starbucks

the coaching & self-help ecosystem has escaped the internet

I’m at Starbucks. I sat down with this whole idea I was gonna write, but then these two women sat next to me. They’re having the greatest conversation I’ve ever heard. It’s actually a better version of what I was gonna write.

In about fifteen minutes, one of them said “that sounds like a trauma response.” And the other described her fucking Friday morning as “dysregulated.” One of them has been “really sitting with” something, and the other is “making space” for some shit.

Like what the fuck. I thought this was how people talked on the internet to perform whatever coaching/expert role they’re trying to sell. Not in actual real life with what seem to be real life friends.

Fifteen minutes and I haven’t heard either of them describe their life without borrowed language.

Granted, I’m in southern California, and I can see a yoga studio about 50 yards from where I sit — so maybe that’s it. Has to be. If one or both had a rolled up yoga mat with them, I’d feel better. Maybe that would be an indication that this shit hasn’t bled out onto the street.

I guess it would be cool if this was some sophisticated code language they used cuz they knew I was eavesdropping.

Anyway, have you noticed this? People in real life using the ambient language of the fucking coaching & self-help ecosystem?